OBSERVATIONS OF LIGHTNING IN THE STRATOSPHERE

被引：94

作者：

BOECK, WL

VAUGHAN, OH

BLAKESLEE, RJ

VONNEGUT, B

BROOK, M

MCKUNE, J

机构：

[1] NASA, GEORGE C MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CTR, SPACE SCI LAB, HUNTSVILLE, AL 35812 USA

[2] SUNY ALBANY, ALBANY, NY 12222 USA

[3] NEW MEXICO INST MIN & TECHNOL, SOCORRO, NM 87801 USA

[4] NASA, LYNDON B JOHNSON SPACE CTR, HOUSTON, TX 75808 USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES | 1995年 / 100卷 / D1期

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D O I：

10.1029/94JD02432

中图分类号：

P4 [大气科学（气象学）];

学科分类号：

0706 ; 070601 ;

摘要：

An examination and analysis of video images of lightning, captured by the payload bay TV cameras of the space shuttle, provided a variety of examples of lightning in the stratosphere above thunderstorms. These images were obtained on several recent shuttle flights while conducting the Mesoscale Lightning Experiment (MLE). The images of stratospheric lightning illustrate the variety of filamentary and broad vertical discharges in the stratosphere that may accompany a lightning flash, A typical event is imaged as a single or multiple filament extending 30 to 40 km above a thunderstorm that is illuminated by a series of lightning strokes. Examples are found in temperate and tropical areas, over the oceans, and over the land.

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页码：1465 / 1475

页数：11